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Stretcher or Chair? No doubts with the new Spencer Cross Chair
With the most advanced technologies applied on a self-loading stretcher, Spencer Cross Chair is the first device adopting innovative solutions for the transport of patients in rescue operations on the road and in ambulance.
NHS England launches next step of urgent care review
NHS England Chief Executive Simon Stevens and the NHS Five Year Forward View partners today (Friday) announced eight new vanguards that will launch the transformation of urgent and emergency care for more than nine million people.
Marine Ambulance to Become Reality Soon
KOCHI: Other than the stormy seas, the fisherfolk in the state is facing a number of hiccups like boat wrecks, health-related issues, attacks from vessels, accidents and others. Many a time some of the fishermen succumb to these mishaps due…
Jordan: Five years into the Syrian crisis and no solution in sight
Source: International Committee of the Red Cross
Country: Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic
With no letup in the crisis, people continue to seek safety by crossing from Syria to Jordan. The majority enter Jordan through the…
911 Super Users: can an App reduce their number?
A new app called AddressIQ hopes to reduce unnecessary medical emergency calls by linking addresses to 911 dispatches.
In the city of Long Beach there is a small number of people making too many 911 calls for medical assistance. This is…
Should paramedics continue to intubate?
On a cool fall evening, an ambulance and engine company are dispatched to assist a 44 year old male who is having difficulty breathing. The dispatcher reports that the patient has a history of asthma. The ambulance is staffed by an EMT and…
Turnaround in Australia, the Ambulance ramping ban is reality: What kind of instructions for…
Turnaround time is the time spent by paramedics at hospital emergency departments. It is measured from the time an ambulance arrives at a hospital to when it is ready to respond to other incidents.
This time is called RAMPING. Ramping…
Report: Emergency overcrowd in Seoul and ambulance turnaround time
The aims of this study were to describe overcrowding in regional emergency departments in Seoul, Korea and evaluate the effect of crowdedness on ambulance turnaround time.
Methods - This study was conducted between January 2010 and…
Oxygen damaging for heart attack patients, study says
The routine practice of giving oxygen to patients having heart attacks has been linked to increased heart damage and a greater risk of repeat attacks in a landmark study by Melbourne researchers.
Researchers say the findings, presented…
Strokes are difficult to recognize, even for a Top Doctor
A stroke may leave you incapable of identifying what's wrong, so help from others can be critical
Even Canada's top doctor had trouble recognizing when he was having a stroke, a critical step in getting care to reduce the risk of death and…